The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE.-- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. G. Weston, and Miss Iludspeth. After which, at a quarter to Eight o'c'ock, Shaksnere's play of HENRY THE FOURTH (First Part). Mr. Cres wick ; Messrs. W alter La y, H. Mars on, Barrett, G. Belmore, G. F. Neville, E. Phelps, R. Roxby, R. Raynor, &c. ; Miss HeL n Howar Miss Fanny Haldane (Harp ob igato to song Mr. F. Chatterton), Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, &c. oors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE D E E BELL ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &c. Mesdames Beatrice, Ange', Atter which. PRESENTED AT COURT. Messrs. Back stone, Howe, W. Farrcn, Rogers, Clark, Bra' d, &c.; 3les liames Snowdon, Griffith, tii 1, Wright, Lovell, &C. And '3ACCHUS AND ARIADNE. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tlncicr the sole management of Mr. Fechter. This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY. October 2?, with a - New . ,?rama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY, In which Mr. Pechter will pertcrm the principal character. The Scenery pa, nted by Mr. William Callcott. The Box-office will open on Monday, October 17, from Kiev n till Four. ROYAL Lessee PRa il ndINl CanESS'S THEATRE.- Sole ager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray , J. Nelson, 11. Forre'qcr. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. EW THEATRE-RO !AL, Sole Pronriotor and Manazer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J. Cla:ke, Billing - ton, Eburne, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. A:ler which, RORY O'MORE. Rory (with Irish Ballads), Mr. John Collins. Other chAraAers by Messrs. Billington, R. Phillips, Paul Bedtord, Stuart, rtephenson, C. J. Smith ; Mr-. Allred Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with TEuDY THE TILER. Teddy (with fiOngs), Mr. John Collins. Commence at 7. YA L ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINSN V TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular 1 heatre is Open for the Winter Season. Those celebrated artistes Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews are re-engaged. THIS EVENING, Mr. Arthur Sketehley's high iy successful and original Comedy of HOW WILL 111E2 GET OUT OF IT Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, 9l r. and Mrs. F. Matthews. Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. H, J. Montague; Miss 'Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling, Atter which, a New Comedy Farce. by Maddison Morton, Esq., entitled WOOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs. F. Matthews. To ccnclude with UNDER THE ROSE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough, Till 3 EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, stoy le, James ; Mesdames Swanbor cAigli and glanders. After which, the great Burlesque, THE MILLER AND MS ALEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne; Mesdames Ewan b o rough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson. COALS. —The MM. co :SHALL COMPANY'S LS. Direct from their own Collieries. Karquis'. 255. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. Top 245. „ Deep „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, sole .Igent rkl, FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, pia be had Every Evening . of G. It. GLItNIE, liEws AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATES I' EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Eveninz by 11.11NIZY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TMS DAL—Morning, Ilh. 20m.—Afternoon, l lh. 50m. a-stoß,Bow.-Mo-aing, h. m.—Afternoon, 12'2. 20m. -4 7 Zij L.) ; SUIT. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OUT. 12, 1861. There are many points in which the German mind differs from the English, but in nothing is the contrast more distinctly marked than in its ten• dency to take a theoretical rather than a practical view of matters, Englishmen like to keep to the point; they discourse, they dispute, they legislate with special reference to action. The principles which govern them arc often allowed to be tacitly understood rather than openly professed ; and, allthough no public community is without its hype crites and interested professors, yet English people generally are very rarely deceived by a mist of words and long-sounding phrases. Their politicians and statesmen know this, and are well aware that the high-flown theories of the Continent would rather influence the popular judgment against them than in their favour ; and, consequently, whatever their views, their public addresses are usually plain and practical in their nature. With our good friends in the Vaterland the case is very different. The popular leaders even contrive to envelope their ideas and principles in such an atmosphere of cloudiand that they are not easily unfolded, and it emnot be very easy, one would think, for the balk of the populace to gain more than a vague idea of what is intended. It is this vagueness that always militates against the success of republican move ments abroad. The people do not very clearly know what they want, and their leaders discourse to them in high flown strains of the prin ciples which should govern their political actions, whereas in our English struggles the people and their chiefs alike knew very well what they wore fighting for, and never rested until the end was gained. Atthcugh Germany has consented to put aside for the time all her efforts after national unity and freedom in order to trample on a weaker Power, it is interesting to learn what her Republicans think of the present crisis in America. A letter, recently addressed to a friend by one of the principal mem. , hers of that party, gives us some insight into the sentiments with which the German Republicans regard the Presidential contest. It is disap pointing to find, from KARL BLIND'S letter, that his sentiments are wholly and exclusively with the Unionists. It is another instance of the tendency of the German mind to rest in theories rather than in practice. He regards the Union as the sample of Republican principles, and looks upon its overthrow as a virtual defeat of those principles. "I believe," he says, "in the necessity of a great Republican power us a counterpoise to the despotisms and aristocracies of Europe. May the dey be far distant when that hideous shout of derision, the first accents of which have occasionally struck our ears, could be magnified into a howl of triumph at seeing the greatest Republican Come mon wealth finally split asunder! It would be the triumph of Absolutism: , KARL BLIND apparently does not recognise the . feet, long patent to all Englishmen, that the reality of the Republic no longer exists; that the principles upon which it was founded are far more likely to suffer, not only in the minds of prejudiced despots, but with calm and enlightened judges, at the present unhappy combination of the worst features of tyranny with the profession of Dzlnocre.cy. We see an arbitrary rule, which respects neither popular conviction nor private rigkit ; we see it enforced by the imprisonment or exile of all who have the courage to oppose it; by the virtual suppreesion of the opposition press ; by a Conscription which is altcget her unpopular; and these acts are carried out, not on the plea of pressing necessity or of a temporary suspension of the national sighte, but on the grounds of the just authority of the Presidential administration. The Federals claim the right of enforcing on some millions of intelligent people a form of government which is obnoxious to them. What could tyranny do more ? They refuse to these intelligent millions the right of selfegovern went, they deny them the power to legislate for themselves, they would force on them a ruler and a constitution obnoxious to them, and when these attempts are resisted they endeavour to support them at the point of the sword. They.lay waste their lands, they pillage their citizens, they paralyse their trade, They carry fire and sword through their fertile places, they make war on old men, women, and children, they treat the peaceable inhabitants of the refractory States with a harsh ness and severity that has called forth the indigna tion of the Old World; and yet the advocates of the North would have us believe that they are ac tuated in all this by their disinterested love for Republican principles. Why, their whole conduct sin direct opposition to those principles. If Re puLlicanism means an 3 thing it certainly means the right of a mass of people to govern themselves, to refuse an obnoxious Government, and it means also that the civil rights of each private citizen aro to be as much respected as those of the Governor of the State himself. Is this the line of action which the Federals have followed while the power was in their hands ? But the friends of the Union in Europe maintain that emancipation is the true object of the war. In this country we hear less of that plea, but we are sorry to find the German leader taking it up most strenu ously. He admits it is true that LINCOLN has been fainthearted and hesitating as regards the policy of emancipation, but he still classes the principles of union and anti-slavery together. As if half the Unionists were not really in favour of slavery, and as if we should hear any more of abolition if the South consented to re-enter the Union to-morrow on consideration of retaining their "domestic in stitution." ad not Mr SEWARD himself, who is surely no mean exponent of the principles of the Government, expressly declare in his recent speech that slavery had nothing to do with the present issue of the war. The Federal authorities know too well how many Northern interests are involved in its maintenance to make its abolition a sine qua non. It is singular to note under the professed humanity of these Union Abolitionists the vie. dietive cruelty with which they speak of the Southerners, who, as men and women, have some claim to their humanity. Extermination and exile, " Greek fire for the people, and hell fire for their leaders" are the terms advocated by the Northern press and pulpit, in the Cabinet and in the Congress. The German Reformer is no exception to the rule. The first duty, he says, in the approaching cone test is "to keep off the common enemy,'' and adds that " we have here the cause of Union and Emancipation—and, let me add, Colonisation of the South after it will have been purged of its slave ocracy—much at heart." Such would not have been the sentiments of a CLARKSON or a WILBER. FORCE. Bat if the mitigation of human sufferings were really the object in view, why should these Unionists look with such horror on the prospect of peace and compromise. KARL BLIND looks upon M'CLELLAN as " an enemy to the Union," and, as such, a ■an to be avoided, lest he might, after all, tffect a reconciliation with the South. The true haters of slavery, who have yet some regard for the lives and property of their fellow whites, have long since concluded that slavery to be really abolished must be gradually done away with as much for the sake of the negroes as of their owners; that the influence of public opinion, more especially of European public opinion, will surely effect a change in the minds of the slaveholders, and that at any rate to enforce emancipation by fire and sword is very much akin to the medieval principle of effecting conversion by the rack and the stake. Si.a LAWRENCE PALK and Air. KEKEWICII have been entertaining their constituents in South Devonshire with some interesting speeches, which were chiefly distinguishable for the absence of political discussion. It is rather refreshing occa sionally to peruse the details of a meeting thus characterised by an absence of party spirit, and it may be questioned if the real object of these agri cultural gatherings are not better answered by such reticence than when we hear of vehement denunciations against the powers that be, or of undue flattery and palliation of errors which excite the wrath and arouse the controversy of those holding different opinions, All parties can meet on the neutral ground of agriculture and calmly discuss the questions which bear relation to the internal welfare of their common country. Sir LAWRENCE PALK took a hopeful view of things, and obsprved that whether we regard it from an agricultural or commercial point of view, England is progressing in wealth " more rapidly than any other nation on the face of the globe." It is satis factory thus to hear of our position thus cheeringly regarded, for doubtless, with the best intentions, the public speakers of the day are too apt to take a desponding views of events, and to regard under the most lugubricu3 aspect all that takes place of a decided character, whether at home or abroad. Sir LAWRENCE PALK took a most comprene sive view of the topics he discussed, and very wisely endeavoured to draw the attention of his hearers to the importance of the dangers that were taking place around them, and the necessity of their conforming to them with a good grace and a hearty will to bencfit by their advantages. It is very desirable that such a doc trine should be preached ad libitum among agricul turists of all classes and denominations, for they are proverbially slow in understanding the benefits of the alterations that art and science introduce into their vocations, and are apt to cling with prejudi cial and sometimes fatal tenacity to the old tested notions and antiquated ideas of times past. 'There is a counter-balancing advantage in this, because their dislike to change operates as a check upon the hasty and often ill regulated endeavours of the more go ahead portion of the community, and it is a safes guard that some should hold back too much, if others persist in pressing forward too recklessly, The wisest course is to adopt a just medium, and to prove the excellence of changes of system before adopting them. Sir L. PALK descanted upon the present low price of wheat, and gave it as his opi nion that this grievance among agriculturists is not likely to be remedied. The reasons that he adduced for such an idea seem forcible enough to carry con viction with them. He said that we must expect a great increase of railways on the Continent in a few years, and that these will "bring into cultiva tion vast alluvial plains and soils admirably adapted both by climate and by virgin soil to grow wheat, and where wheat can be cultivated at very much lees expense than can ever be done in this country." Surely it is the most sensible and the most profitable course to look ahead and foresee what may probably ensue from the chances and changes of life, now so much more clearly defined and strikingly foreshadowed than of old, rather than to envelop oneself in old world no- tions, and believe that all will return to its former state and condition. S;r LAWRENCE pointed out m to his hearers that they might hope eventually to derive advantages from the cheapening of food, for it became the source of wealth to the bodies of ope ratives, and thus caused their greater demand for the better articles of consumption. Now, said the hon. baronet, other countries may grow better wheat than you do, but' there is no country in the world can produce mutton and beef such as you can Produce ; And depend upon it, the lest thing that TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1864. can happen to the agricultural interest is that corn should be at such a price as to enable the operatives of Lancashire and the crowded population in large cities to consume the beef and mutton which you grow." This is very sensible advice, and it breathes of that far-sighted observation and deep-rooted philosophy which sees good in all, and puts gains by the side of losses to adjust the balance and rightly recognise the events and circumstances of life This speech of Sir LAWRENCE PALK's is one of the best that have recently been made upon agri cultural topics. He kept to his subject; he did not seek for adventitious aid from without, but within the scope of its limits he contrived to deliver an inatrucive and interesting address, which may well serve as counsel and consolation to other parts of the country besides that for which it was imme diately designed, as ho observed, " we must look for the future more to producing beef and mutton than cereal crops ;" and, by way of explaining the feasibility of such coming to pass, he states that by the rapid transit of railways people nowadays can buy meat and take it to London, Birmingham, and Manchester very much easier thus in the olden days they could forward it to Bristol. Sir LAWRENCE is in favour of the malt tax being modified slightly, con sidering that it presses with undue weight upon the agricultural interest. Unfortunately there is no immediate prospect of this tax being altered while Mr GLADSTONE remains in office, for it is pro verbial that the right hon. gentleman always slights the interest of the landed portion of the community, and turns his attention to changes that will affect or benefit the manufacturing interests. Mr KEKEWICII made a few remarks appropriate to the occasion, and very happily introduced the fact of the formation of these societies. He said he had a part in their formation, and had always recognised their importance. It Was necessary that a place should be found where the claims of the honest labouring man should be recognised and honoured. In speaking of the spread of these societies all over England the hon. member added, " It is now a pride and a pleasure for men of the highest ranks to take the place occupied by our excellent Chairman this day, and I should not be surprised to see the day when the future King of England may be the Chairman of a ' ploughing match' dinner !" This is the true spirit in which t o view such undertakings as opportunities for con necting, at least partially, the separate parts of the community, of affording neutral ground for the dis cussion of important matters relative to great inte rests, and, above all, to foster that spirit of good. will amongst all classes, which is one of the greatest blessings that society can experience, and without which the most fair-seeming institutions and wealthiest population can never really flourish. Her Majesty's Theatre. JULLIEN S CONCERTS, The admirable concerts at this theatre are fast draw ing to a close, in consequence of the stage beikg required very shortly for operatic performances. Last night there was a very full attendance, the great attraction being the performance of the Danish Guards, the Danish vocalists, and M. Lotto. Irrespective of the beforementioned artists, we had a very excellent selection of music, both classical and modern, so judiciously arranged that the peculiar taste of nearly every person present was graified, and that in a very high degree. The concert opened with Weber's magnificent overture to "Der Freischutz,"whicla was given with great precision and effect by the band; and then fol lowed one of those light sad pretty valses identical with the name of Jullien, viz., " Rosita." Benedict's brilliant fan tasia for the pianoforte, " The Prince of Wales," was ex. coedingly well played by Mdlle. Mariot de Beauvoisin ; and M. Lotto, as usual, astonished the audience by his execution of Paganini's solo fir the violin, on the theme, "Di Tanti Palpiti." This accomplished musician produced all the original variations, notwithstanding the extreme difficulty of the composition, his tones being full, round, and resonant. The prestissimo passages perhaps created the greatest effect; but, as a whole, the performance was one of great merit. Mdlle. Liebhart sang Verdi's " Caro norno cho it mio core," mom " ltigoletto," which, with the performance of the Danish Guards, and a solecti,n, by the orchestra, from M ozart's grand opera " Don Giovanni," concluded the first portion of the concert. The Danish vocalists, during the first and second part of the concert, sang one of their national songs " Et Bondebryllup," a melody invariably sung in chores by the peasants of Zealand to welcome a bride to her future home; which with their ether perform ances, created the usual enthusiasm. In the concluding part of the concert a Danish fantasia, arranged by M. Jullien, entitled " Daneke Toner," was admirably per formed. All the peculiarities of the Danish Guards' Beni were fully brought out, and the concluding theme, the air sung by the vocalists and before adverted to, performed with the aid of Jullien's band, brought the evening's enter tainment to a successful conclusion. COVERED WITH BEES.—It is a peculiarity of bees that they will suffer some men to handle them with impunity. Wildman was a man who seems to have had an unusual attraction for them, or command over them, as he termed it, though it is not easy to comprehend how a man could have command over four thousand or five thousand insects. On one occasion ho paid a visit to Dr Templeton, the then Secretary of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, to prove to him how com pletely bees submitted to his influence. He was brought through the city in a sedan-chair, and, it is to be pre. sumed, into the doctor's room, for when he presented himself his head and face were covered with bees, and a huge cluster cf them hung down like a beard from his chin. Notwithstanding this novel appen dage, he conversed wi.h the ladies and gentlemen who were present for a considerable timewithout disturbing the insees, and finally dismissed them to their hive without anybody being stung. The fame of his performances reaching Lord Spencer, he invited him to Wimbledon to meet a large party of his friends. The countess had provided three stocks for the occasion. Ile took one of the hives and emptied the living occupants into his hat to show that it was not neces sary to destroy the bees in order to d epr i ve them of their honey. lie next presented himself with a colony hanging about his head and from his chin, and then stepping out of a window on to the lawn, where ho had directed a table covered with a clean cloth to be placed, he put them back. into the hive, He then made them come out again and swarm about in the air, after which he caused them to settle on the table, and from thence he took them up by handfuls, and poured them out of his hand, as if they had no more feeling than pebbles, and finally concluded this portion of his entertainment by causing them to re-enter that hive. His lordship was too unwell to be present at these experi ments, so, later in he afternoon, he was taken into his lordship's room with all three of the stocks hanging about him at one time, one on his head, ono on his breast, and the other on his arm, from which places he afterwards trans!erred them to his head and face, so that he was quite blinded, and was led in this condition to the lawn in front of his lordship's window. He next requested that a horse might be brought round, which was done, the horse having been first well clothed to guard against accidents. First taking the bees out of his eyes that he might see what he was about, he mounted the horse with the bees hanging about him, and rode backwards and forwards repeatedly, until the company had seen enough of his performance, when he dismounted and placed the bees on the table, from whence he dismissed them to their respective hives. It is worthy of remark, that though there were a great many persons present on this, as on the previous occasion, yet nobody was stung.—Dickens' "All the Year Round," The Indian telegraphs which connect together Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, and all the prin• cipal towns in India, are now advanced eastwards as far as Rangoon, and the routes thence to China and to Australia, by way of Singapore, Java, and Timor, are almost entirely in comparatively shallow water so far as the submarine part of the line is concerned, "and do not otherwise," writes Sir Charles Bright, " offer any difficulty which should prevent our having daily telegrams from Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane within three years from this day." THE STATUE OF FATHER MATLIEW.—The un veiling of the statue recently erected in Cork in honour of Theobald Mathew, the epos le of temperance, took !Awe on Monday, and was tho most imposing ceremony which ever took place in that city. Having traversed the principal streets in the city, the procession arrived opposite the statue in Patrick street, and atter an inaugural address by the Mayor, the statue was unveiled amidst the deafen ing cheers of the many thousand persons present. The entire proceedings passed off without disturbance or acci dent of any kind, and were totally devoid of any sectarian or party spirit. THE COST OF CAEROWYN. By Mary Howitt. 3 vols.—" Mary Howitt has powers as a narrator which may almost be termed unique, so singularly graceful and felicitous is her pen. There can be no doubt of the exceed ing beauty and interest of this story. It is at,once fascinating, and instructive to a high degree. he most attractive personage in the tale, Simeon Hughes, is one of those creations that v ill be remembered of all readers like the Adam Ihde.of Miss Evans, or the Jeannie Deans of Sir Walter Scott,"—,star. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [RUTTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN, MADRID, OCT. 11 (Evening). The Minister of Finance is unable to effect any credit operations under the conditions voted by Congress, and will therefore await the deliberations of the new Chambers. THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr Reuter's offica from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Oct. 12 : OUTWARD MAILS. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, The Behar, from Bombay on the 29. h September, reached Su( z at 7 p.m. yesterday. The DAta, with the heavy portion of the Bombay and Mauritius mails, left Gibraltar at 6 p.m. on the 10th, and may be expected at Sonthwipton on the 15th inst. The Baroda, from Southampton on the 4th inst. with Calcutta and China mails, reached Gibraltar on the 9,11 at 1 a.m., and left at 9 a.m. for Alexandria. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 12. The Canadian steamer Hibernian, from Quebec on the Ist inst., arrived here at 7.30 morning. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 12. The Constitutionnel of this morning has an article signed by M. Limayrac relative to the Ells. quieting rumours concerning Austria. The writer says :—" The Convention solely affects Rome, and in no way modifies the position of other parts of Italy. Without doubt agitators may continue to work in Venetia, and committees may issue procla mations speaking of an offensive and defensive alliance, and of war in the spring. But this is not a new state of things, and is one for which the Con vention is not responsible. All sensible men must understand that France has no desire to complicate the Roman question by the question of Venice, and to kindle in the north of the Peninsula what she seeks to extinguish in the south. The Gazette des Etrangers states that the Queen of Holland, on her way to Nice pass the winter, went through Cnambery, and visited the romantic residence where Rousseau made botanical researches with Mme. de Varrens. Her Majesty touched the keys of the old harpsichord which Rousseau used in compsing the airs of his "Davin du Village." BOURSE, CLIt. 11,—The market has been firm, and prices show but a trifling variation from those of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 65f. 400. Mobilier are unvaried at 913 t. 75e, Rail way Shares have been rather offered, and some of the lines are quoted slightly lower. The market closed as follows 41 per Cents .. 92 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents .. 65 30 Do. end month.... 65 45 Credit Mobilier.... 913 75 Do, end month.... 912 50 Bank Shares 3395 Credit Foncier llB5 Roman .. Italian Loan 66 25 Do. end month 66 60 Ditto Threes, 4O 75 New Mexican Russian Austrian .. BO S a nish Threes _ Efome Debt Deferred. RA IL Cash. Account. 837 50 .. 840 975 .. 982 50 597 50 .. 900 -- 610 .. 612 50 497 60 .. 500 -- 495 .. 493 75 337 50 .. 311 25 440 440 518 75 .. 522 50 386 25 387 50 472 50 .. 472 53 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern ... • • . Western Eastern Sardinian ... Austrian Lonnbard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona Collisions on the South-Western Railway Yesterday . evening a collision, providentially unaccom pained by loss of lira, occurred at the Putney elation of the Windsor, Richmond, and Reading branch of the London and Sou 11-Western Railway, between an up Reading and a goods train. It appears that about half-past five o'clock a goods train, which had come from Windsor, was delivering some goods at the Putney station when it was run into by the up passenger train which leaves Reading at 4 15, and, after stopping at Richmond, run (without calling at Mort lake or Barnes) into Putney, where it was due at 5.39 Whether the distant signals were against the passenger train, thus closing the station against its approach, or not, could not be gathered in the confusion and excitement which prevailed upon the spot, The trains coming from Richmond have to pass round a curve which conceals the station from approaching trains, and also down an in cline, and as the Reading up train rounded this curve its engine ran with a frightful crash into the rear of the goods train. The break-van of the latter (which the guard had only quitted a second or two before) was crushed and broken by the force of the collision, the end towards the Putney station being shattered to pieces. The guard must consequently have had a narrow escape from death. The goods train consisted of an engine and a number of trucks, some empty and some with goods ; and one of these trucks, that nearest the break-van, was shattered and thrown against the side of the cutting. The next truck to this was thrown up in the air and turned over on to the truck in front of it, while several more were thrown off the line, the whole presenting a scene of wreck and confusion, The engine which drew the Reading train (consisting of eight passenger carriages) was apparently but slightly da maged, though its forewheels seemed partly off the rails. As the train was coming rather slowly in at the time of the collision, no lives were lost, though many of the passengers were shaken severely by the shock. Mr Thorn, the Putney stationmaster, promptly hurried to the spot with a number of porters, and assisted the affrighted passengers to alight from the train. He also immediately telegraphed to the offi • cials of the line, and Mr Scott, the traffic manager, and Mr Godson and other officials with two engines and a number of platelayers, promptly made their way to Putney station. Many of the passengers down this line were passed to trains waiting on the Barnes side of the station, and so forwarded to their destinations. The passengers for Waterloo, how ever, were not so fortunate, as it was nearly 9 o'clock before a train was ready to take them from Putney, and passen gers from Windsor, &0., did not arrive in town till about a quarter past 9. A serious accident occurred to a platelayer while assisting in removing the broken trucks from the line. His name is Robert Morgan. lie was caught between two buffers and crushed in the stomach and back. On being carried into the station his injuries were examined by Mr A. L. Owen, a medical student of Trinity College, Dublin, and one or two medical gentlemen present, when it was found he had received an injury to the spine. As the line had become crowded with passengers and spectators, it was found necessary to obtain the service of the metropolitan police ; an d a f ter a s h or t ti me M r Superintendent Butt, with some 20 or 30 co n s t a bl es of the V division, hastily obtained from Putn e y an d W a ndsworth, rende red most effectual assistance by cle ar ing the line of stra n g ers. At eight o'clock no l ess th an f our d own -trains and s everal u p were detained on e ac h a id e o f t h e Putney stati on, but after a delay of about t wo or th ree h our s the line was sufficiently clear for the resumption of traffic. Another collision on the above line took place on Monday night about 9 o'clock near the old Godalmington station. The direct Portsmouth t ra i n leaving W a terloo at 7 o'clock proceeded as far as Guildford in safety—the time of depar ture from that point being 7 57. The uptrain from Godal ming leaves at 8 20, and on m oving from that station that night everything appeared to be right. It had not, how ever, travelled many yards before the downtrana from Lon don ran into it with considerable force. The engine and tender of the uptrain were knocked completely over and much injured, and one of the carriages was nearly broken to pieces. In both cases the whole of th e carriages were shifted from the metals. We understand that the driver and stoker in both trains escaped unhurt. There were but four passengers in the train, all of who m were gentlemen. Three of the passengers were together in o ne compartment of a second-class carriage, and they escaped with a slight shaking; but the occupant of the next compartment of the carriage, Mr Patterson, a Scotch draper residing in Guild ford, received a cut across the scalp, but it is thought that the wcund is not a serious one. The down train contained a great number of passengers, but fortunately none of them were injured. The line was cleared by about 3 o'clock yes terday morning. Mr Godson, the general manager at Nine Elms, proceeded at once to the scene of the accident, and he there ascertained that the auxiliary signal lamp had gone out at Godalming, thereby taking the driver of the Ports mouth train off his guard, and causing the collision, Some time elapsed ere fresh carriages could be made up to convey the passengers to their destination. FATAL ACCIDENT IX FENCHURCH- STREET.—Last evening as Thom as G race, a c arman, in the employ of Mr Murdoch, build er, was procee ding al on g Fenchurch street he suddenl3 , f rom some unex plained cause, slipped over on the off side, and the wheel went over his neck. Ile was taken to the surgery of Messrs Sewell and Crosby, but life was found to be extinct and the body was removed to the deadhouse of St. Backchurch, where it awaits a coroner's inquest, The deceased leaves a wife and three children. THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL. The Royal Mail steamer Macgregor, Laird, Capt. R. J. Lowry, arrived in the Mersey, at 11.20 a.m. yesterday, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and Madeira. The following are the latest dates :—Benin, August 25; Fernando Po, 30 ; Cameroons, 31 ; Old Calabar, Sept. 3 ; Brass River, 4; Bonny, 7; Lagos, 10 ; Accra, 12; Cape Coast Castle, 15 ; Cape Palmas, 18 ; Sierra Leone, 22; Bathurst, 25 ; Teneriffe, Oct. 1 ; Ma deira, 3. The Macgregor Laird also brings 36 passengers, 1,723 ounces of gold dust, and 13,870 in specie. _ _ _ At Benin, trade was very dull, although the health of the river was tolerably fair. The barques Mcclea, Benin, Eagle's Wing, and Jane were all loading for Liverpool. The intelligence from Fernando Po is still gloomy. The smallpox continued to decimate the population, and in consequence a!l commerce was very near at a standstill, The Peep-o'-day was loading fcr Bristol. From Cameroons we learn that since the depara ture of the last mail trade had been reopened with the natives, but up to the very latest advices very little business had been transacted. The river con tinued to be rather unhealthy. The ships Eliza beth Emily was loading for Bristol, and the Guar dian for Liverpool. At Old Calabar there was a pretty fair amount of business going on, and the general health of the place was good. The ships Hannah S tlkeld, Golden Age, and E izlbeth were loading for Liver po)l, and the Lucetta for Glasgow. The news from Brass show that although the river was healthy, trade was rather dull. Bishop Crowther had been to Brass, and left again for the Niger on the Ist of Sept. on board her Majesty's steamer Investigator. The ships Express, Mary Black, Invincible, Serafina, Sparkling Wave, and Albro, were loading for the Mersey. Advices from New Calabar state that the health of the place was good, but that trade was rather languid. The Barkhill, Lively Lass, Earl of Darby, and Prince Will, were loading for Liverpool. From Bonny we learn that the oil season was almost over, and that there was very little doing in general trade. The health of the place was but middling. The ships Leug'aing Water, Belle of the Ocean, Pride of Canada, and Coquette were all loading for Liverpool. The news from Lagos has a more peaceful aspect than that brought by the previous mail. The wars which have existed for so long a period among the natives, to the serious prejudice of the European trading interests, now present every appearance of coming to a speedy termination, and it is expected that communication between the coast and the in terior would very shortly be re-opened. There was a fair amount of trade being transacted, and the health of the place was satisfactory. The French frigate Armonique, the Mozambique, and Don An tonio, of Hamburg; the French ships Phidias and Fleche ; the English ship Pride; and the Italian ship Juliett, were at Lagos. Trade was exceedingly dull at Accra, and the Europeans were suffering horn sickte=s. The On dine, of Liverpool, and the Accra, of Amsterdam, were loading in the river. At Cape Coast Castle trade continued to be very dull, and the health of the place was tolerable. It was currently reported there that the King of Ashantee was about to sue for peace. A soldier of the 2d West India regiment was executed on the 3d September for the murder of his comrade. The Macgregor Laird was detained 22 hours beyond the contract time at Cape Coast Castle, awaiting Government despatches. Trade was inactive at Cape Palmas. The Libe rian mail schooner Sarah Jane, carrying the Libe rian mails, was lost off Rocktown Point, near Cape Palmas, on the night of the 17th September. The crew and passengers, together with the mails, were saved. The Royal Mail steamer Calabar, arrived at Cape Palmas on the 15th nit., and loft for the Leeward the same day. The brig Packet, of Bris tol, and the Hind and Doria, were loading. There is no improvement to report iu trade since the departure of the last mail, and business ruled dull and lifeless in the extreme. The colony was generally unhealthy. The Spanish ship America, which wasoptured off Madagascar by her Majesty's ship Ariel; and the INlelvira, alias Charles, also captured on the south coast by her M .j sty's ship Dart, have been condemned as slavers. The case of the Italian ship Ricardo Schmidt, arrested in Sierra Leone harbour on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, was under investigation by the Mixed Commission Court when the mail left. The barque W. H. Randall was in port. The Mac gregor Laird was detained 13 hours beyond con tract by order of Governor Blackall. Sickness was very prevalent at Bathurst, and trade very flat. A considerable quantity of cotton had been planted, and much more land was under cultivation than last year. The French barques Sans Norn and Niger were in pert. Teneriffe was healthy, and trade was pretty fair. The schooner Pet, of Swansea, was in port. The Island of Madeira was very healthy, and about the average amount of business passing. The English serew steamer Ringer was in port. The mail steamer Athenian arrived on the Ist, and sailed for Teneriffe the same day. The Unemployed at Blackburn. On Monday and yesterday neatly 80 of the unemployed factory operatives were put to work in the formation of new streets, of which there are still 12 miles requiring levelling, paving, &e., under the Public Works Act, three miles and a half having been already completed since the adoption of the Act. In all the corporation employ 340 factory operatives on public works, together with upwards of 51)0 labourers. The Relief Committee are also exerting themselves to provide as much as possible for the unemployed, and in all instances give preference to the fathers of large families, to whom they give full employment. At their weekly meeting on Monday night the determination of the Manchester Central Relief Committee not to make grants to any town unless the amount of relief distributed by the guardians average 2s. per head, nearly double the amount given in this Union last week, was alluded to, and Mr Henderson, an active member of the committee, intimated that he had witnessed the administration of relief by a section of the guardians on Saturday last, and was pleased to report that in many cases they had almost doubled the relief they had hitherto given. The committee then took into consideration the recommendation of the sub-committee to extend the basis of relief, and after some conversation it was deemed desirable to endeavour to make an arrangement with the guardians by which the system last year acted upon for the employment of the operatives should be renewed, and the sub-committee was appointed to wait upon the chairman of the hoard of guardians to arrange the matter with him prior to the next meeting of the guardians on Saturday next, so as to prevent any unnecessary delay in getting the 300 or 400 operatives to work on remunerative wages. The scheme consists of the Relief Committee and the guardians providing as much out-door work as possible for not only married but single men. Should this sptem be forthwith introduced the unemployed will be provided with substantial relief, and any outbreak of fever from low diet will be to a great extent prevented. Tho com mittee also rescinded the obnoxious resolution restricting the granting of relief to operatives only who have never received parochial aid. The passing of this resolution was, in the first place, obnoxious, inasmuch as the committee, 13 or 14 months since, urged all their recipients to get their relief supplemented by the guardians. In this way many persons who would never have troubled the guardians ap plied for and were granted relief. With these decisions the unemployed seem satisfied and press for immediate work, believing that their claims will now be. heard and answered, and that every necessitous applicant will be properly relieved• It was reported to the committee that the operative cotton spinner employed by Messrs Hornby and Co., Brookhouse mills, had returned to work on Monday morning, and that in all probability the rest of the operatives would be em ployed during next week. In all Messrs Hornby find work for upwards of 1,400 operatives. It is said that one or two other manufacturers are thinking of recommencing opera tions in a few days. The Relief Committee, accepted the resicaatien of Mr J. C. Fielden, their hon. secretary, and appointed Mr James Henderson, sub inspector of factories for the district, to the vacant secretaryship. They also passed a very complimentary let ter to Mr Fielden, who has left the town to commence business, and added his name to the members of the Central Committee. PETRoLEDr. Georges has observed that the emanations of petroleum have a 'weakening effect on the muscular system, and cause headache, especially in the case of nervous people and those who live in a confined atmosphere opposed to these emanations. He states that the latter contain a peculiar principle which may be elimi nated, and is found to act principally on the brain and heart, E her of petroleum may, ho adds, be used to cool the tegu talents duriag surgical operations, because it causea no pain on the bleeding parts.—.NeW Ivric ,Paper, The Prince and Princess of Wales in Sweden. (From the limes' Special Correspondent.) ELSINORE, Saturday, Oct. 8. Nothing could be in more marked contrast to the gaiety and continued excitement of the visit to the Swedish capital than the tranquil domestic life of the family circle at Fredensborg. The incidents which were crowded upon each other so thickly, giving public interest to every hour of their stay in Stock holm, are here altogether wanting; indeed, just at the present moment one might as well set about describing the routine of any ordinary English gen tleman's household as that governing the interior of the Danish palace. Had the intention in leaving England been to spend the long vacation to good advantage, and to see as much as possible of the world, the Swedish capital would have offered irre sistible attractions, end their Royal Highnesses, no doubt, would have been as readily induced to extend their stay as the Swedish Royal family were anxicu3 that they should do so. The journey, however, to the north of Europe was undertaken simply as a proof of undiminished family affection; the Swedish visit was in some measure an afterthought, and all the time that it lasted her Royal Highness, deeply sensible though she must have been of the attention showered upon her husband and herself, no doubt felt that the time spent in that country vim so much withdrawn from the period which could be passed in the society of her own family, and also caused her to be absent from the little Prince, her son. " Baby," it is now said, will not be taken with their Royal Highnesses when they are travelling overland to England, as - the climate at that time may be too advanced for him to move about with impunity. The probability is that he will be taken to Lubeck early next week by the ()Aortae, and thence forwarded under proper su pervision to the care of her Majesty, who is at present staying in the Highlands. There is indeed a rumour of impending gaieties in the Danish Court circle, but these, if they take place, will not be in honour of the arrival of their Royal Highnesses of England, who are regarded as domesticated members of the family, but of the approaching nuptials with the Russian Cesarewitch. The union is altogether one of affection ; and, now that the consent of the Russian Court has been gained to . the political aspects of the marriage, there has been no loss of time on the part of the Russian Emperor in testifying his sense of the high matri monial prize about to be drawn by his kinsman. He has caused to be forwarded to the Danish Court a necklace of pearls and diamonds of great value, intended for the Princess Degmar, and accompanied by a message of the most flattering character. There was a large dinner party at Fredensborg Castle last evening, at which the Russian Grand Duke was present. Prince Barinsky and the captain of the vessel in which the Russian Crown Prince travelled to Denmark paid a, visit to the Royal yacht Osborne yesterday, and minutely examined all her arrange ments, even measuring those apartments or other items among her internal fittings with which they were most struck. The Osborne, it will be remem bered, is now close upon 20 years in existence, and the changes worked by time in that interval are recalled to mind very forcibly when one sees in the same ship the nursery, with four doors opening off it, which belonged to the rooms occupied by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, when all four respectively were of tender years, and again upon a different deck the sleeping apartment belonging to the Prince and Princess of Wales in which they rested on their journey from Sweden the other day. The yacht, therefore, is scarcely designed according to the most modern theories; but her system of ventilation is perfect, the distribution of her rooms is admirable. She is still, with the exception of the Victoria and Albert;the best yacht possessed by the Royal family, and many parsons who have sailed in both declare that as a good sea boat they would still prefer to be on board the Oehorne. It is the intention cf the King of Denmark to visit Her Majesty's ship Aurora some day next week, and it is expected that either on that occasion oron some subsequent day yet to be named the frigate will go through a course of target exercise, a pro ceeding in which the D.snes take the deepebt iute rest, The public, no doubt, will learn with satisfaction that the Prince of Wales gave directions that every provision should be made for the family of the un fortunate sailor of the Osborne who lost his life on the way to Stockholm. Upon inquiry it turns out that the deceased was married about a year ago, but fortunately there was no issue of the marriage. He was a man of irreproachable character, and greatly esteemed by all on board. A melancholy coincidence is that he was either the fifth or sixth member of his own family who lost his life-by drowning, and like every cue of those who perished before him, was u`terly ignorant of the art of swimming. He had been heard to say only a few days before the accident that if ever he fell over board there would be no chance of his being saved. And yet, with a fatal facility which the heads of the cervice would do we!; t ) check if they have it in their power, able trustworthy seamen in other respects go on risking their lives every day under similar conditions, and apparently will not acquire the knowledge requisite to give them at least a chance of escape in a critical position. The Swedish elk, which there was so much trouble in meeting originally, still continues to find employment for members of the Royal Staff. It was skinned and cut up yesterday, and the E3Z9 of the animal may be gathered from the fact that the meat alone weighed 6 cwt. Upon this the Custom house officers made a demand, alleging that it was venison, and though the ordinary kinds of meat aie admitted on very reasonable terms, they adhered to their point, and with laudable importunity com pelled the representatives of his Ruyal Highness to pay some pounds before they would allow the car cass to be cleared. The State of Jutland. The Berlingske Tidende of October 4 contains a very distressing account of the hardships to which the people of Jutland are subjected by the army of occupation. After showing the great interest, com mercially and financially, which Denmark must have in a speedy settlement of the matters in dis lu',e between her and Germany, and the absurdity, therefore, of supposing that Denmark is throwing any obstacle in the way of an equitable adjustment, the Berlingske Tidende proceeds to say The information we receive from Jutland is moat afflict ing, and it would appear as though the a_rman authorities were striving to make the yoke which they have imposed more intolerable every day to the unfortunate inhabitants of the province. It is well known that after the armistice the allied powers engaged to keep in Jutland only such a number of troops as was required by purely military con siderations, yet the army of occupation amounts to between 35,000 and 40,000 men, and the oost of their m iintenance is nearly £112,000 per month. Moreover, by a recent order of General von Falkenstein all the troops have been con centrated in the principal towns of the eastern coast, even in those which were not occupied on the 2d of August, for the purpose of making thorn their winter quarters. The rations of provisions and forage have been so much aug mented that it is materially impossible for the people to meet the burdens imposed on them whilst they have only ono or two rooms in their own helves, all the others being given up to German soldiers and officers, But this is not all. Under pretence that the ordinary revenues of the pro vince aro inadequate to supply the wants of the army, all the imports from the Danish isles are subj acted to a customs' duty, whilst, at the same time the exportation of the cattle, butter, and the other agricultural products of Jutland prohibited. These measures, added to those which were already in force, and which are entirely ogpcsed to the text and spirit of the armistice, are causing the total ruin of the people. Tho Danish Government, who feel sensibly for the condition of the Jutlanders, have made representations on their behalf to the courts of Berlin and Vienna on the subject of these s• verities, which are the more difficult of explanation, as the people of Jutland have net given the military authorities the slightest ground of complaint or disquietude. We can hardly credit the statement of an officious journal of Berlin that these proceedings had been adopted in order to force the Danish Government to accept financial conditions which were not within the scope of the preliminaries of peace, and which would be fraught with the gravest consequences to Denmark. A number of shoro, were closed on Monday in Paris owing to the Jews celeb atin: their fete of the Giant Pardon. On that account likewfse persons of that religious persuasion atstuted themselves from the Bourse, and gonE rally abstained how business of every kind, JP ' rt "11- Orsnlat HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 8. The Queen walked in the grounds, accompanied by Princess Helena; and in the afternoon her go jesty went out, accompanied by Princess Louise. Mr Gladstone left the Castle this morning. The Hon. Mrs Bruce has been relieved by Leei Augusta Stanley in attendance on the Queer" The Rev. Dr N. M'Leod arrived in the evea' r g*, The Dean of Westminster had the honour 0, dining with the Queen and Royal family. OCT. 9 . The Queen and Princess Helena, attended by La]y Augusta Stanley, attended Divine service is the afternoon at the parish church of Crathie. Princess Helena and Prince Alfred, attended b 7 Lady Augusta Stanley, attended the service in the morning, The Rev. Dr N. M'Leod, one of her Mo:l e:31'B chaplains, officiated on both occasions. The Rev. Dr M'Leod had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal family. Foreign Courts. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 3. It is stated that a commission has been fo rmed for the purpose of preparing the Princess D 3 g rlllr for the reception of the rite of baptism accorda to the form in use in the Greek Church. T l3e , young princess has received a most touching from the Empress of Russia, The Emperor ba ll presented her Royal Highness with a pearl necklace valued at X 12,000, and the Empress has also P re " seated a costly pair of diamond bracelets. The mar riage will not be celebrated until the expiry of ab ea " 18 months, when her Royal Highness will be 0 P ; proocLiog the completion of her 19th year. T h . ° princess Rill pass the winter at Copenhagen, and 10 the course of next summer will proceed to St' Petersburg. BERLIN, Oct. 9 . In reply to the congratulatory addresses presented by the civic authorities of to the King 613 ,, the Crown Prince on the birth of his Royal n i g h ness's son, the following answers have been sent " Whilst I sincerely ttiank you for the congratul i lations addressed to me on the birth of my young et3 grandchild, the third son of the Crown Princ e ', hope that it may please God to graciously bear the prayers offered up to Him for the welfare of °i. young Prince, ani to preserve him for the jog °f his parents and for the welfare of the country. • 1 WILLI/01i " Babelsberg CasCe, Sept. 22, 1864." "I return to the civic authorities of Berlin th e thanks of the Crown Princess, my consort, and 111 own, for the cordial wishes expressed toward3us the birth of our third son. In the joy over the possession which Heaven h a s grac i o usly gree ted to our house we cannot forget the fathers and 0 3 °' thers from whom the struggle of the present ye ar has torn hopeful sons. Most conscientiously do 5 : feel the duty to educate this cur y ounges t on wit h his older brothers in devoted l ove an d t ru e decoll °- to the country. May God bless this our endeuv° lll. ' "FREDERIC WILLIAM ; Crown Price?. "New Palace at Potsdam, Sept. 20, 1864." His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, havlog completed his incognito visit to Denmark and Sweden, will return direct to England. At some future time it is P s4 sible that his Royal Highness, as P.ince of Wales, may P 5/ a visit to the Emperor of the French. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town on Monday evening on a visit to General at his seat near Newmarket. A shooting party has been expressly invited to meet the royal duke. His Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Auvergee, French Ambassador at London, has arrived in Paris fro n Nancy. The Prince and Princess Wladimer Bariatineki and family, attended by a numerous suite, have left Cla" ridge's Hotel for Paris. The Prince Labamoff and family have arriVed at Claridge's Hotel from Rydo, Isle of Wight. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham ar e staying at Southsea. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury re' turn to town in a few days from their seat in Yorkshire, on their way to Savernake Lodge, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Grey (not the Eirl and Countess do Grey, as stated in error yesterday) arrived at Wishaw Castle, Scotland, on Friday last. The Eirl of Bective, M.P., has left 24, Graftoo 4 street ; for Underley Hall, Westmoreland. The Countess (Dowager) of Longford has l e n Worthing for Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston return to Broadlands, Hants, to-morrow, or the following day. Viscountess Jocelyn will leave town !o-morroW for Balmoral, to succeed the Marchioness of Ely, as L ad/ in Waiting to the Queen. Lord and Lady Lindsay leave town to- Er Italy. The noble lord and lady came to town at the close of the past week, and their family will resi de Brighton during the absence of his lordship on the C°ll tinent. Lady Reddington has arrived at the (lige ll'6 Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart. , had left Falloden for B a lmoral. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer 19 staying at Brown's Hotel, Dove r - s tr ee t. to-morrow Mr. Layard, M.P., Under Secretary for the Foreign Department, after a tour i n It a ly an d SwitVrlaeal has arrived in Paris on his way home. FALSE TAILS.—A mole killer of Monthey in the Valais, in Switzerland, was rec e ntly b r ought be fore the correctional tribunal of that place on a charge of O le "; ling the authorities, which he effected in an ingenious a te , ner, The destroyers of those animals receive a certain all!' for each, but they are not bound to present the bodies 1.11 order to obtain the reward, but only the tails. The 11 1 ° 1 ,, i ii question delivered not less than 2,090, and received A on — of 300 f. Surprise was felt at the number, and on closet examination a great many were found to be artificial, w en n factured by gumming a strip of the animal's skin en a of wire covered with paper. The tail-maker was condemns to three months' imprisonment. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BIRAIth' 04 HAM AND SOUTH WALES.—After months of I la' pected delay the Aberdare dranch of the Great Wesr cr° has been completed, and the narrow gauge communicator' is now complete from Swansea to Pontypool-road, Hereford' Worcester, and Birmingham. Passenger trains ran for tb ci a first time on Wednesday, direct from Birmingham and Worcester to Swansea, and the saving of time as conaPar e with the old route, via Newport and Cardiff, was LOY ce : hour, the mileage being reduced by twenty miles. lief? r"' the opening of this route the principal difficulty in conne 3wA with the through traffic from Birmingham to South Wa le ! was the break of gauge at Newport and Merthyr, but this will no longer be the case, the laying of the na rrow pile on the Vale of Neath having secured a uniform gauge fro re Swansea to the Midland districts. It is expected tawill.e: very large through traffic, more e s p ec i a ll y i n m inerals, w ultimately go over the new route.— Western Daily Press. FRIGHTFUL DOUBLE MURDER IN IRELANI:v" Dublin, Tuesday Evening.—(By Electric Te l ?: graph).--A frightful double murd er h as b e en committal l'd the a.unty of Dublin of tw o s i s t ers , name d Murphy, age respectively 25 and 35. It appears th a t the father of be murdered women died some time ago and left there property. On Monday their brother, Richard Alurplift; small farmer, living four miles from Balbriggan, with wh e at they resided, went to see a married sister, and he states.tba; when he returned in the evening he found his eldest site lying dead in the house. He then sought for assistance: and accompanied by another man, searched for the youlag.c, woman, who was found dead in a field about 30 yards d u l l tent from the house. The skulls of both women sPP care to have been broken in with a pitchfork or some such w e ld pon. No instrument was loamd with which the deed co l have been committed. An inquest was held on Wednes daf : and a verdict of wilful murder returned against some P er son or persons unknown. The brother is in custodY' halfi INCENDIARY FIRE ON THE WoLDs..—About f past 11 o'clock on Monday n i g h t th e stack Yar d °,„ Mr R. Thompson, of Ha r p man , a v ill age about utid sc l i e \V bet seen Burlington and Driffield ' e r a Yorkshire at the foo t of t Yorkshire old district, was found to be on fire. The e p ile contained several c orn stac k s, an d on one s ide a larg P l o of straw, the produ ce o f some d ays ' t h ras hing. Tb e ` 9 „,,,s of this straw, with a tare-straw stack and haystack, nS completely burnt, but fortunately the wind was bin° ire from the corn stac‘zs, and they were saved. The damag-`3O thought to be not very serious—perhaps £3OO. Ass igajl a s ffi was procured from Dr,eld az d Bridiington. T he fire %a seen for many miles, The police are said to have a ed ground for suspecting a well-known person as the incens e of in this case. It is confidently alleged that the act la 01:10. vengeance for Eou:e suppose gli:vance, 0 cour se ' b . ei :ict the sixth fire in a few days, and in the heart of the ellS t _ ll3 so fearfully visited last winter, the affair has spread alarms far and wide. am/